Word: excepted
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...years as a deputy director of the state department of housing. He then quit government for good, becoming a consultant specializing in guiding businesses through the housing and development regulations he had helped create. Connerly & Associates grew to a professional staff of 15. He won't disclose company earnings except to say they are "substantial...
...girls were having third-trimester abortions because they couldn't fit into their prom dresses remain pro-life hyperbole, but the Roman Catholic bishops who ran them are right when they say there is almost no difference between the prom Mom and a woman having a third-trimester abortion, except for location and a few days...
Girls who suffer from the rare genetic disorder known as Turner's syndrome are a little shorter than average, have a thicker neck and usually can't have children. Otherwise, there's nothing especially striking about them--except that often they're socially inept. They butt into conversations. They misread facial expressions, tones of voice, body language. They're insensitive to others' feelings...
...eighth or ninth version of anything (except Beethoven's symphonies) is likely to seem less fresh than the first, and for all its bustle Hercules hasn't quite the wit to make one forget Aladdin. But one shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, especially if it's Pegasus. Sixty years after Snow White, Hercules proves that Walt's art form is still sassy and snazzy...
...second base," etc. Since this terminology will be familiar to most military personnel from their secondary-school educational experiences, there is no need for graphic descriptions. The recommended disciplinary action for getting to any base numbered higher than two (2) is 50 push-ups followed by a cold shower, except when the bases were achieved on military property, as in the backseat of a humvee, in which case 100 sit-ups will be thrown in. In general, the location of the adulterous act must be factored into the punishment: getting to third base off base is, for example, a lesser...